{"id":716,"date":"2020-04-05T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantabody.wpengine.com\/?p=716"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:54:11","slug":"how-you-can-achieve-your-long-term-weight-loss-goals-with-the-gastric-sleeve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantabodyinstitute.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/05\/how-you-can-achieve-your-long-term-weight-loss-goals-with-the-gastric-sleeve\/","title":{"rendered":"How You Can Achieve Your Long-term Weight-Loss Goals With the Gastric Sleeve"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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How You Can Achieve Your Long-term Weight-Loss Goals With the Gastric Sleeve<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Being obese is about a lot more than carrying some extra pounds. Obesity carries some very serious and even life-threatening health risks, including significantly increased risks of heart attack, stroke, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Plus, being very overweight can take an emotional and mental health toll as well. Studies show people who are obese are far more likely to suffer from\u00a0depression and anxiety<\/a>, and they\u2019re also more likely to avoid social situations, becoming\u00a0isolated and lonely<\/a>.<\/p>

If you\u2019re obese, you\u2019ve probably had more than one well-meaning friend or relative tell you how \u201ceasy\u201d it is to lose weight with \u201csimple\u201d dieting and exercise. But if you\u2019ve struggled with losing weight in the past, you know there\u2019s nothing \u201csimple\u201d or \u201ceasy\u201d about it. In fact, trying to lose weight and failing can be extremely discouraging, and that can wind up compounding feelings of depression and hopelessness.<\/p>

For many people who struggle with obesity, bariatric surgery can offer a way to lose weight and keep it off, which means they not only feel better about themselves and how they look, but they can also decrease their health risks and enjoy more active, involved and fulfilling lives. Of all the bariatric procedures performed in the U.S., gastric sleeve surgery is by far the most popular, accounting for\u00a0well over half<\/a>\u00a0of all bariatric surgeries performed.<\/p>

What is gastric sleeve surgery?<\/h2>

Gastric sleeve surgery is a type of restrictive bariatric surgery, which means it physically reduces or restricts the amount of food and calories you can consume by making your stomach smaller. Because your stomach is dramatically reduced in size, it takes far less food to make you feel full. That means you\u2019ll eat a lot fewer calories, so you can lose weight and keep it off. Like other types of bariatric surgery, gastric sleeve surgery is generally reserved for people who have a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or more\u00a0or for people who have a BMI of 30 or more along with another obesity-related health issue, like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol or sleep apnea.<\/p>

At Atlanta Body Institute, Dr. Ibikunle offers two approaches to gastric sleeve surgery\u00a0and both are minimally invasive, which means there are no large incisions. Instead, both techniques use a very tiny camera to capture real-time video that\u2019s sent back to a monitor. Dr. Ibikunle performs the surgery using the video to guide the instruments.<\/p>

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy<\/h3>

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) uses very small incisions and special instruments to remove about 85 percent of your stomach, leaving a sleeve-shaped section behind. In addition to making your stomach smaller, so you feel full faster, the part of the stomach that\u2019s removed during an LSG procedure is also the part that secretes the hormones that make you feel hungry. That means you won\u2019t have the constant cravings for food, and you\u2019ll want to eat less overall. The LSG procedure takes about two hours to perform, and once it\u2019s complete, you\u2019ll stay in the hospital for a couple of days before going home.<\/p>

Endoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (ESG)<\/h3>

Endoscopic sleeve gastrectomy uses no incisions. Instead, the tiny camera and other instruments are inserted through your mouth. During the ESG procedure, Dr. Ibikunle places several sutures in your stomach to partition it into two parts. The smaller sleeve-shaped portion becomes your \u201cnew\u201d stomach. Since the procedure does not remove any stomach tissue, it\u2019s reversible once you achieve your weight-loss goals. ESG is typically an outpatient procedure, which means you can go home the same day you have your surgery. The procedure takes about 90 minutes, and afterward, you\u2019ll be in a recovery area for a little while before you\u2019re discharged. Like LSG, ESG recovery takes about two weeks, after which you can return to work.<\/p>

Whichever procedure you have, you can expect to return to work in about two weeks. Full recovery takes from four to six weeks, during which time you’ll need to avoid strenuous activities.<\/p>

Find out more about gastric sleeve surgery<\/h2>

Make 2019 the year you do something healthy for yourself. Get rid of that excess weight once and for all and start leading a healthier, happier life. To learn more about gastric sleeve surgery and whether it’s a good choice for your goals,\u00a0book an appointment online<\/a>\u00a0today.<\/p><\/section>

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Can Tubal Ligation Be Reversed?<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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How You Can Achieve Your Long-term Weight-Loss Goals With the Gastric Sleeve Being obese is about a lot more than carrying some extra pounds. Obesity carries some very serious and even life-threatening health risks, including significantly increased risks of heart attack, stroke, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Plus, being very overweight can take an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"plain-container","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantabodyinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantabodyinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantabodyinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantabodyinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantabodyinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlantabodyinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantabodyinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantabodyinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantabodyinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}